Article 8 / Tasks of the Agency and the Forum

with the agreement of the Commission, provide the designated competent authorities of the Member States and the members of the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement established by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (‘Forum’), as well as stakeholders as appropriate, with assistance and technical and scientific guidance in order to ensure the effective application of this Regulation;

upon request, provide the Commission with technical and scientific input and assist it in order to ensure the effective implementation of this Regulation;

provide technical and scientific support and input to the Commission as regards substances that may meet the criteria for listing in the Convention or the Protocol, taking into account, as appropriate, results from existing assessment schemes referred to in Article 3(3);

publish on its website a notice that a proposal for the listing of a substance will be prepared by the Commission, invite all interested parties to submit comments within eight weeks, and publish those comments on its website;

provide the Commission and the Member States with technical and scientific support in the preparation and review of the risk profile and the risk management evaluation of a substance considered under the Convention, invite all interested parties to submit comments or additional information, or both, within eight weeks and publish those comments on its website;

upon request, provide the Commission with technical and scientific support in implementing and further developing the Convention, in particular with respect to the POPs Review Committee;

compile, register, process and make available to the Commission and the competent authorities of the Member States all the information received or available pursuant to Article 4(2) and (3), point (b)(iv) of Article 7(4), Article 9(2) and Article 13(1). Where such information is non-confidential, the Agency shall make that information publicly available on its website and shall facilitate the exchange of that information with relevant information platforms such as those referred to in Article 13(2);

establish and maintain sections on its website for all matters relating to the implementation of this Regulation;

upon request by the Commission, draw up and submit a report within 12 months of the request on the impacts on human health and on the environment and socioeconomic impacts of introducing or amending concentration limit values specified in Annex IV or V.

information on the impacts on human health and on the environment of waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with POPs, including impacts on waste management;

information on concentrations and mass flows of POPs in relevant waste streams and on waste treatment and treatment capacities;

an analysis of the impacts of the different concentration limit values considered in drawing up the report;

a reasoned proposal for concentration limit values to be introduced in Annex IV and, as appropriate, in Annex V.